Business Recycling & Organics Collection

Free Recycling Service

Recology South Valley provides free recycling service to businesses in the City of Morgan Hill. Businesses can receive mixed paper, beverage container, corrugated cardboard and/or
organics recycling services based on their needs. Recology will provide rolling carts (with sticker labels) and/or dumpsters for the materials. Lockable containers are available.

Call Recology at 408-842-3358 to start your recycling service or visit their website for complete details.

Mandatory Commercial Recycling (AB 341)

On July 1, 2012, Assembly Bill (AB) 341 went into effect requiring all businesses that generate four or more cubic yards of garbage per week and multi-family dwellings with five or more units to recycle. Businesses include, but are not limited to, office buildings, retail, restaurants, nonprofits, and strip malls. Multi-family dwellings include apartment buildings and attached single-family dwellings such as townhouses, condominiums, and mobile home parks, in which the units do not receive separate or individual solid waste collection service.

​Mandatory Commercial Organics Collection (AB 1826)

Approximately 30 million tons of waste is sent to landfills in California each year, of which more than 30% is organic and compostable material. If this material was composted instead of being sent to the landfill, it would decrease greenhouse gasses resulting from the decomposition of organic waste while conserving valuable landfill space.

The mandatory Commercial Organic Waste Recycling Law, Assembly Bill 1826, passed in October 2014 and requires all businesses that generate four (4) or more cubic yards of organic waste per week (food waste, green waste, landscape & pruning waste, non-hazardous wood waste and food-soiled paper) to compost. The goal of this legislation is avoid sending organic materials to landfill, therefore finding the best and highest use for these resources.

Recology Recycling Resources

Recycling Other Items

Recology South Valley can tailor a unique recycling program that meets your business's specific needs. Please contact them for more information or call their Waste Zero Specialist directly at 408-846-1392.

Other items not accepted by the waste hauler can sometimes be recycled or reused by other companies in the Bay Area. Information can be obtained by calling the recycling hotline at 800-533-8414 or you can conduct your own online recycling search.

California Materials Exchange (CalMAX) is also another great resource for disposing of large quantities of similar unwanted items or to find materials that you may need or want for your business.